49 free TV Pets trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This TV pets trivia quiz is about the animals who stole the show. It covers the classics, from Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Mister Ed and Flipper to Arnold Ziffel the pig and Gentle Ben the bear, and the sitcom scene-stealers: Eddie from Frasier, Comet from Full House, Marcel the monkey, Buck the Bundys' dog, Salem the cat, Cheddar the corgi, Stella the French bulldog and Murray from Mad About You. Cartoon pets get their turn too, with Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Brian Griffin, Astro, Dino, Ladybird and Porkchop, along with British favourites K9, Wellard from EastEnders and the Blue Peter dogs. The questions ask about breeds, real animal actors, voice actors, origin episodes and the odd behind-the-scenes fact. About a third are easy for anyone who watches television, a third are medium, and the rest are for people who know which piglet won three Patsy Awards. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and the production sources it cites, and each question carries the sentence that establishes it. If you think one is wrong, use the report button and we will look again.
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Q 01Eddie, Martin Crane's dog on Frasier, was what breed?
Jack Russell terrier
Eddie's habit of staring down Kelsey Grammer became a running sight gag; the dog reportedly received more fan mail than the human cast.
Q 02What was the name of the dog who played Eddie on Frasier for the first several seasons?
Moose
His son Enzo, bred as a stand-in, took over the role later in the run and did the stunt work.
Q 03Comet, the Tanners' golden retriever on Full House, was played by which future Air Bud star?
Buddy
The only episode actually shot in San Francisco was the season eight opener 'Comet's Excellent Adventure'.
Q 04Salem, the talking cat on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, was sentenced to how long as a cat?
100 years
His crime was trying to take over the world; on the sitcom he was mostly an animatronic puppet, voiced by Nick Bakay.
Q 05The talking horse Mister Ed was played by a palomino gelding with what name?
Bamboo Harvester
The voice was former Western actor Allan Lane; the show ran 143 episodes, all in black and white.
Q 06Mister Ed will only talk to which character?
Wilbur Post
The running gag is other characters overhearing Wilbur and asking whom he is talking to.
Q 07Flipper, the 1960s TV dolphin, was played mainly by female dolphins with which two names?
Susie and Kathy
The show was co-created by Ricou Browning, who had played the monster in Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Q 08The first dog to play Lassie on screen, and the founder of the Lassie line, was named what?
Pal
Pal was male, though Lassie is female; the Saturday Evening Post called his the most spectacular canine career in film history.
Q 09For how many seasons did the Lassie TV series run on CBS before moving into first-run syndication?
17
The first four seasons had Lassie living with Jeff Miller; then came the orphan Timmy and the Martins on the farm.
Q 10In The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, the dog and the boy Rusty live at which cavalry post?
Fort Apache
The pair were the only survivors of a raid on their wagon train; the character was played by Rin Tin Tin IV.
Q 11The original Rin Tin Tin was rescued as a puppy from a World War I battlefield in which country?
France
American soldier Lee Duncan found him in Flirey and nicknamed him Rinty; he went on to make 27 films.
Q 12What was the name of the Jack Russell who played Wishbone, the PBS dog?
Soccer
Voice actor Larry Brantley won the part in a five-minute audition, imagining the dog's thoughts as he obsessed over a tennis ball.
Q 13Brian Griffin of Family Guy is what breed of dog?
White Labrador retriever
Seth MacFarlane created, designed and voices him; he can talk, drive and stand on two legs.
Q 21Buck, the Bundy family dog on Married... with Children, was what breed?
Briard
The joke was that the French-hating Al owned a French breed; Buck's inner voice was writer Kevin Curran, and occasionally Cheech Marin.
Q 22After Buck died on Married... with Children, he was reincarnated as which dog?
Lucky, a cocker spaniel
The plot let the dog actor Michael retire; in animal heaven Buck learned that God is a cat.
Q 23What stayed in the Brady Bunch back yard for the show's entire run after the dog Tiger disappeared?
His doghouse
The original dog playing Tiger died early in season one and was quietly replaced.
Q 14How did the Simpsons come to own Santa's Little Helper?
His owner abandoned him for finishing last in a race
Homer and Bart were at the dog track hoping to win Christmas money in the very first episode, 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire'.
Q 15Alongside Santa's Little Helper, what is the name of the Simpsons' cat?
Snowball II
The original Snowball died before the series began; later replacements were renamed Snowball II so nothing had to change.
Q 16Astro, the Jetsons' dog, talks with every word beginning with which letter?
R
Don Messick voiced him and later reused the same growling trick for Scooby-Doo.
Q 17Dino, the Flintstones' pet dinosaur, was voiced for nearly 30 years by which legendary voice actor?
Mel Blanc
Dino appears in the opening credits of the pilot but is not named until the fourth episode.
Q 18Scooby-Doo is what breed of dog?
Great Dane
In early treatments the dog was a bongo-playing sidekick called Too Much whose breed wavered between Great Dane and sheepdog.
Q 19Ross Geller's pet in the first season of Friends was a capuchin monkey named what?
Marcel
The monkey on screen was actually a female called Katie.
Q 20On Lost, whom does Walt give his dog Vincent to before leaving the island on the raft?
Shannon
The Labrador survived the whole series and is lying beside Jack in the final shot.
Q 24Cheddar, the beloved dog of Captain Holt and his husband Kevin on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, is what breed?
Pembroke Welsh corgi
The finale revealed Holt's mysterious tattoo: Kevin's head on Cheddar's body.
Q 25Stella, Jay Pritchett's French bulldog on Modern Family, first belonged to an inventor played by which Broadway star?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Jay talked Guillermo out of his dog-related invention and into going back to school, and got the dog in the deal.
Q 26The Buchmans' dog Murray on Mad About You was played by a dog with what name?
Maui
The collie mix became famous for chasing an imaginary mouse around the apartment.
Q 27Bear, the dog on Person of Interest, is what breed?
Belgian Malinois
Reese rescued him from white supremacists, when he was called Butcher, and gave him to Finch as protection.
Q 28Happy, the Camden family dog on 7th Heaven, had what name with her previous owners?
Whitey
Simon prayed for a dog in the pilot; the former owners' daughter spotted her on TV in the season two finale and wanted her back.
Q 29Lieutenant Columbo is occasionally accompanied by a basset hound. What does he call it?
Dog
The name fits a detective who never carries a gun and rarely reveals his own first name.
Q 30Punky Brewster's dog was named after whom?
NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff
Tartikoff had also named the show after a tomboy he had a crush on as a boy, Peyton 'Punky' Brewster.